Written by

Lucas K. Murray
Courier-Post Staff

At first glance, the trio of teens walking past Molina Elementary School one afternoon earlier this month may have looked like any other group wandering the streets of North Camden.

But the marijuana cigarette tucked up in the cap of a 14-year-old was the first hint for officers Elvin Nunez and Gabe Rodriguez that something was amiss. The telltale bulge of a handgun poking from the waistband of the teen's pants was a further indication of the constant dangers on Camden's streets.

Had the officers been in a patrol car and not on a special walking beat in one of the most drug-infested sections of the ...